Another pro joins Matao

Nov. 15, 2012

Plays in Denmark: Professional soccer player Shawn Nicklaw has officially committed to play for Guam. He will be joining the Matao in Hong Kong for the semifinal round of the East Asian Cup. Nicklaw, who plays professionally in Denmark, has family from his mother's side still in Guam. Photo courtesy of Shawn Nicklaw

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The success of the Matao, Guam men's national soccer team, has attracted another professional player with Guam roots for the upcoming semifinal round of the East Asian Cup, an East Asian Football Federation tournament to be staged next month in Hong Kong.

Shawn Nicklaw, an alumnus of collegiate men's soccer powerhouse University of Connecticut, currently plays for HB Køge, a professional club in Denmark in the Danish 1st Division. Nicklaw will fly directly to Hong Kong from Copenhagen later this month to first attend a training camp with the team prior to the tournament.